B.C. man finishes 3rd in poker's World Championship, wins $3.75M
The White Rock resident’s run was the deepest by a Canadian in 16 years and ended after he outlasted 9,208 players.
- White Rock resident and former professional hockey player Greg Mueller finished third in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada, earning a career-best $3.75 million prize.
- Mueller produced the deepest World Series of Poker Main Event run by a Canadian in 16 years, outlasting 9,208 players in the fourth-largest field in tournament history as a three-time WSOP bracelet winner.
- His tournament run ended in dramatic fashion after a hero call against Finland's Lauri Saaskilahti, bringing his distinguished poker career performance to a close.
- Former Vancouver Canuck Cliff Ronning traveled to Las Vegas to support Mueller, posting on social media: "Proud of you," alongside photos from the event.
- "The love – it trumps the poker and the money – that's what life's all about," Mueller said, reflecting on the support throughout his tournament run.
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White Rock resident Greg Mueller is $3.75 million richer after coming in third in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former professional hockey player produced the deepest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event run by a Canadian in 16 years, and outlasted 9,208 players in the fourth-largest Main Event field in history, a Poker.Org release shared. Mueller, who played professional hockey in Germany, is a three-tim…
B.C. man finishes 3rd in poker's World Championship, wins $3.75M - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
White Rock resident Greg Mueller is $3.75 million richer after coming in third in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former professional hockey player produced the deepest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event run by a Canadian in 16 years, and outlasted 9,208 players in the fourth-largest Main Event field in history, a Poker.Org release shared. Mueller, who played professional hockey in Germany, is a three-tim…
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White Rock resident Greg Mueller is $3.75 million richer after coming in third in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former professional hockey player produced the deepest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event run by a Canadian in 16 years, and outlasted 9,208 players in the fourth-largest Main Event field in history, a Poker.Org release shared. Mueller, who played professional hockey in Germany, is a three-tim…
B.C. man finishes 3rd in poker's World Championship, wins $3.75M - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
White Rock resident Greg Mueller is $3.75 million richer after coming in third in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former professional hockey player produced the deepest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event run by a Canadian in 16 years, and outlasted 9,208 players in the fourth-largest Main Event field in history, a Poker.Org release shared. Mueller, who played professional hockey in Germany, is a three-tim…
B.C. man finishes 3rd in poker's World Championship, wins $3.75M - Northern Sentinel
White Rock resident Greg Mueller is $3.75 million richer after coming in third in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former professional hockey player produced the deepest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event run by a Canadian in 16 years, and outlasted 9,208 players in the fourth-largest Main Event field in history, a Poker.Org release shared. Mueller, who played professional hockey in Germany, is a three-tim…
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B.C. man finishes 3rd in poker's World Championship, wins $3.75M
White Rock resident Greg Mueller is $3.75 million richer after coming in third in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former professional hockey player produced the deepest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event run by a Canadian in 16 years, and outlasted 9,208 players in the fourth-largest Main Event field in history, a Poker.Org release shared. Mueller, who played professional hockey in Germany, is a three-tim…
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